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Adolescents exhibit few negative neurobehavioral effects of ethanol withdrawal and have higher levels of taurine, an inhibitory amino acid, than adults. Given taurine’s neuroprotective role and abundance during adolescence, ...

The β-amino acid taurine, whose primary physiological roles involve osmoregulation and calcium modulation, exists as one of the most concentrated amino acids in the mammalian brain. As a neuroinhibitor and neuromodulator, ...